Triangle pad



Aug. 28, 1928.

IRVING TRIANGLE PAD Filed May 25, 1927 lInra/4511414553555111/ H LmvENToR l?. Cllrrz/zy' BY ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 28, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TRIANGLE PAD.

Application led May 25,

This invention relates to triangle pads and has forA an object toprovide an improved construction wherein the pad may be readily appliedor removed and when applied and in use may be readily positioned tooperate or to hang loosely out of the way.

Another object of the invention is to provide a triangle pad which has astrong leather or other body with one or more surface members mountedthereon and stitched with lines of stitching arranged in parallel rowsfor perniitting ready bending.

A further object, more specifically, is to provide a triangle padwherein bed cloth is used on top and bottom and a strong leather orother body provided centrally with the body surrounding part of thetriangle while the cloth contacts with the balls and also with the clothof the table when the device is in use.

1n the accompanying drawingg Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view ofa pool table with a triangle having a pad embodying the inventionapplied thereto shown in position on the table for receiving balls.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through part of atriangle with an embodiment of the invention applied thereto.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing a modified form ofthe invention.

Figure 4 is a detail fragmentary sectional view through part of a pooltable, triangle and pad, the same being on a reduced scale andpositioned to illustrate how the balls are moved oil' the pad and intoproper position for playing.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a pooltable of any desired kind having the usual table or body 2 and the sidewall 3. In pool tables and also similar tables, it is customary toprovide a cloth over the top of the table, said cloth being held inplace b adhesive or other means whereby a smoot even surface ispresented and one wherein there is a slight resistance to the movementof the balls. Vhei-e a triangle similar to the triangle 4 is usedwithout a pad as shown in the accompanying drawing, the balls when beingarranged in the triangle, will drop directly on the cloth 5 (Figure 4)of the table 2 and will wear the same more or less by reason of theimpact. To obviate this wearing by reason of the dropping of the ballson the table 1927. Serial No. 194,103.

within the triangle 4, the pad 6 is provided which is constructed asshownl particularly in detail in Figures 1 and 9.. From these figures itwill be noted that there is provided a body 7 and top and bottomcovering members 8 and 9. The body 7 may be leather, leatherette orother desired flexible material while the covering members 8 and 9 arepreferably cloth of the same kind as the cover or cloth 5. lhe body 7extends from point 10 around one section of the triangle 4 and isconnected together by a line of stitching 11. Point 10 is usuallypositioned substantiall centrally of the height of the triangle so t ateither edge of the triangle may be used and the pad swung to a positionbeneath the same as shown in Figures 1 and 2. lVhen in this position,the various balls 12 may be dumped into the triangle 4 without anydanger of in any way in` juring the cloth 5 as the balls are caught bythe cover 8 and the blow is cushioned by this cloth, by cloth 9 and thebody 7.

After the balls have been placed in the triangle 4, the triangle ispushed along toward the place where the balls are to be left and as itis pushed it will assume the position shown in Figure 4 and if pushedfurther the triangle will be moved completely away from the pad 6 exceptfor disconnection therewith by the looped extension 13. In order toprevent any buckling of any part of the pad, a series'of lines ofstitching 14 are provided, said lines being parallel as shown in Figure4. These lines of stitching act in the double capacity of holding thevarious members together and also in the capacity of presenting aweakened line or hinged formation whereby the pad will easily loopitself as shown in Figure 4 when the triangle 4 is pushed along over thetable. When the triangle is not in use, the same may be hung on a hookor other support at any desired location.

In Figure 3, a slightly modified structure is shown wherein the loopedextension 13 merges at 14 into the body 15 which is similar to body 7.However, instead of having the top and bottom covering members in thisform of the invention, there is provided only a single covering member16 which is preferably used uppermost as shown in the drawing, though ifthe triangle was turned in the opposite direction it would be on thebottom and in contact with the cloth 5.

What I claim is: Y

LA triangle pad comprising a body of parts of the loop.` together, acloth @over fol tl'ie top and' bottom of' said body, said coveringextending from said means to the free end of the body,- and a. series oflines of stitching for connecting said cloth covers to the body, saidstitching also functioning as bending lines and extending parallel tothat portion of the triangle.A over which said extension is looped.

FITCH C. IRVING.

